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It Was Not Okay

Guest Post: Content Warning–description of nonphysical abuse. If this may be triggering to you, please read with caution........ [I was at a vulnerable time in my life when I met Chad (name changed). I was graduating from college with a bachelor’s ...

Will You Accept This Rant? GOAT: Sean Lowe

Just when you thought a global pandemic had finally gotten you out of having to hear our thoughts on Bachelor Nation...WELCOME TO THE GREATEST SEASONS EDITION OF WILL YOU ACCEPT THIS RANT! Chris Harrison, you dirty rat. You hooked us ...

Who matters?

Who matters when we think about domestic violence and sexual assault? Who are we protecting and who do we silence? Over the course of the last few months, our country has been forced into a reckoning of whose pain is ...

Black Lives Matter…

...and white silence is complicity. There are so many things to be said about the current situation in our world. The first thing is that it isn't new. This isn't America breaking or a failure in the system. This ...

What is Justice?

If you’re like us, you’ve had a lot more time (or at least more excuses) to watch Netflix, read books, and listen to podcasts. We’ll be sharing some thoughts from our favorite shows and podcasts over the next few weeks ...

Child Abuse Prevention Month

Today's blog post comes to us from our Children's Counselor, Jennifer King: April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. In the children’s counseling program at Safe Passage we provide therapy and counseling for children who witness domestic violence and whose parents are ...

Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness

Hey all you cool cats and kittens! We’ll admit it, we jumped on the bandwagon and dove deep into the wild world of Tiger King – and as always, we have some thoughts (Spoilers coming—but if you haven’t seen the ...

Self Care

If you've worked in social services, you've likely heard about "self-care" so many times you've lost count.  If not, you might be encountering this term for the first time as we all spend more time investing in our mental ...

Chasing Cosby

In January, the LA Times premiered a new podcast which followed the career, and dark personal history, of comedian and convicted sex criminal, Bill Cosby.  The six-episode podcast, Chasing Cosby, is available wherever you get your podcasts. The podcast is an ...

Update

As with many social-service agencies and businesses, we find ourselves operating under a new normal due to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. While we are all practicing social distancing, finding new ways to spend our time, and doing our best to keep ...